Manager – Heavy Fabrication Procurement

JobItUs; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JobItUs in Chennai seeks a senior procurement professional with 12–15 years in heavy engineering to lead category strategies and end-to-end sourcing for heavy fabrication and machining components.

The role requires deep SAP MM (S/4HANA), advanced Excel, Power BI, complex should-cost modeling, and strong supplier development, with cross‑functional leadership to assure on‑time delivery and cost targets. Onroll role in Chennai with market-aligned compensation.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of procurement experience in heavy engineering or project manufacturing.
• At least 7 years of direct responsibility for heavy fabrication and machining categories.
• 3 years in a team-lead or managerial role.
• Reinforce the #1ANDRITZWay behaviours in leading the team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for heavy fabricated and machined components.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activities including RFQ/RFP, bid evaluation, negotiation, PO placement, expediting, inspection coordination, and invoice resolution.
• Source and develop suppliers for welded structures, base frames, casings, tanks, and other engineered fabrication packages.
• Evaluate supplier capability across cutting, welding, heat treatment, machining, NDT, and testing.
• Ensure supplier compliance with drawings, BOM, material specs, and customer requirements.
• Prepare should-cost models using material, fabrication, machining, and overhead data.
• Negotiate prices and commercial terms covering delivery, payments, warranties, and changes.
• Track price trends, freight, capacity constraints, and supplier market conditions.
• Conduct supplier audits, capacity assessments, and drive corrective action plans.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Production, Projects, Logistics, Finance, and Legal teams.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SAP MM

SAP S/4HANA MM

Power BI

Procurement Analytics

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Postgraduate qualification in Supply Chain, Materials Management or Operations

Tools

SAP S/4HANA MM

Power BI

e-sourcing / Procurement Platform

Job description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• • Develop and execute category strategies for heavy fabricated and machined components in line with project schedules, production plans, quality requirements, and annual cost targets.
• • Lead end-to-end procurement activities, including demand review, supplier scouting, RFQ/RFP, technical and commercial bid evaluation, negotiation, purchase order placement, expediting, inspection coordination, delivery, and invoice resolution.
• • Source and develop suppliers for welded structures, base frames, casings, pressure parts, skids, tanks, structural assemblies, and other engineered fabrication packages.
• • Evaluate supplier capability covering plate cutting, bending, rolling, fit-up, welding, stress relieving, heat treatment, blasting, painting, machining, dimensional inspection, NDT, and load or pressure testing.
• • Ensure supplier compliance with approved drawings, bills of material, material specifications, welding procedures, qualification records, quality plans, inspection and test plans, applicable codes, and customer requirements.
• • Prepare detailed should-cost models using raw-material weight, grade and yield, cutting loss, weld-metal consumption, fabrication and machine hours, heat treatment, NDT, surface treatment, logistics, tooling, overhead, and margin.
• • Negotiate competitive prices and robust commercial terms covering payment, delivery, warranty, liquidated damages, packing, freight, insurance, taxes, change control, and claim settlement.
• • Track steel and alloy price trends, freight, capacity constraints, and supplier market conditions; recommend buying strategies, rate contracts, and risk‑mitigation actions.
• • Conduct supplier audits, capacity assessments, process reviews, and performance meetings; drive corrective actions and supplier‑development plans for quality, delivery, cost, and responsiveness.
• • Coordinate closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Production, Projects, Logistics, Finance, and Legal teams to resolve technical, commercial, and schedule constraints.
• • Manage fabrication progress through milestone‑based expediting, including raw‑material availability, cutting, fit‑up, welding, heat treatment, machining, inspection, painting, and dispatch readiness.
• • Develop alternate and localized sources for critical items, reduce single‑source dependency, and maintain business continuity plans for high‑risk suppliers and materials.

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• • Lead value engineering and supplier collaboration initiatives to reduce total cost of ownership without compromising safety, quality, functionality, or delivery.
• • Monitor supplier KPIs such as on‑time delivery, first‑pass yield, rejection and rework, lead time, cost.
• • Strong knowledge of heavy fabrication, welding methods, fabrication drawings, GD&T, machining processes, materials, tolerances, NDT, heat treatment, and coating systems.
• • Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier development, contract negotiation, cost breakdown, should costing, value engineering, and total cost of ownership.
• • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, material standards, welding and quality documents, and supplier manufacturing plans.
• • Sound understanding of domestic and international logistics, Incoterms, taxation, import documentation, and commercial risk.
• • Strong analytical, problem‑solving, decision‑making, and project‑management skills.
• • Effective leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and conflict‑resolution capability.
• • High integrity, commercial awareness, customer focus, and ability to perform in a project‑driven manufacturing environment.
• • Proficiency in SAP MM, procurement analytics, Microsoft Excel, and KPI reporting.
• • Professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, CPM, or CSCP is an added advantage.
• • Minimum 12–15 years of procurement experience in heavy engineering or project manufacturing, including at least 7 years of direct responsibility for heavy fabrication and machining categories and 3 years in a team‑lead or managerial role Reinforce the behaviors of #1ANDRITZWay in being a role model to the team and to the whole organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS (knowledge)

• • Advance Microsoft Excel
• • Outlook s
• • SAP S/4HANA MM
• • Working Knowlege of PP
• • Power BI or Equivalent analytics tools
• • e sourcing/Procurement Platform

SOFT SKILLS (skills and behaviors)

Customer Focus:

• • Resolve issues with my colleagues and other business organizations in a way that appears seamless to the customer
• • Listen and fully understand the customer needs
• • Bring the voice of the customer into all our conversations and actions
• • Check whether my customer is also a customer of other business organizations and team up to ensure a seamless customer experience
• • Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders to maximize customer value

Ownership for Performance

• • Keep my promises
• • Focus on fixing the problem without blaming others
• • Take responsible action rather than waiting
• • Focus on outcomes while respecting compliance, safety and processes
• • Look for the simplest way to do what we want to do

Share Commitment

• • Align the interests of the Group with my own or those of our team / business organization
• • Adopt other people's good ideas or initiatives, rather than "reinventing the wheel"
• • Encourage collaboration
• • Give, accept, and ask for feedback and help
• • Apply learnings from successes and mistakes and share them with other business organizations
• • Offer resources to others outside my team or business organization to help them resolve their challenges

Openness

• • Listen to others to fully understand their ideas
• • Openly share what I know with others
• • Show trust in the ability of others by encouraging them to deliver or to make prompt decisions
• • Walk my talk

POSITION

• • Driving for Results
• • Entrepreneurial Thinking
• • Evaluating and Implementing Ideas
• • Sharing Information
• • Setting a Strategic Vision
• • Managing from a Distance
• • Creating and Maintaining Networks

EDUCATION

• Minimum Bachler of Engineering
• Desirable Mechanical, Production, Industrial, or Metallurgical Engineering A postgraduate qualification in Supply Chain, Materials
• Management, or Operations is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• Experiencie Min :12 Max. :-15
• Industrial Sector Heavy engineering, pump, power, steel, mining, process equipment, pressure vessel, or capital-equipment
• manufacturing, with direct sourcing experience in heavy fabrication and machining.

OTHER REQUISITES

• Good Communication skills
• Proactiveness / Go getter
• Initiative Behavior
• Compensation range: As Per Market Standards
• Location of posting: Chennai – Kuthambakkam|Oragadam
• Type of Employment: ONROLL